Here are 5 simple ‘asks’ from the team at Terrence Higgins Trust.

1. Have an HIV test. This is particularly important if you are sexually active and have multiple sexual partners. In an ideal world everybody would use a condom each and every time they have sex, but the reality is there are times when a condom isn’t used. On these occasions get yourself down to your local STI clinic within 24 hours and ask for a treatment of PEP www.pep.chapsonline.org.uk. To know your HIV status is also extremely important, although you may find burying your head in the hand one way of dealing with the subject the truth is that if you are HIV positive then there are now a range of combination therapies that will stop the condition from doing any long term damage. Read more